Spidey is dusting off his cobwebs. Since Tobey Maguire first donned the red and blue spandex suit in 2002, there’s been a steady stream of…
Spidey is dusting off his cobwebs.
Since Tobey Maguire first donned the red and blue spandex suit in 2002, there’s been a steady stream of Spider-Man films starring him, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. Some are great (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”), some have weird emo dance sequences (“Spider-Man 3”), but they’ve all told the same repetitive story: Spider bites man; man bites crime.
However, it’s the latest one, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” that unleashes the acrobatic arachnid’s full emotional and creative potential. The movie proves a New York teen superhero can do more than just excitedly swing around. He can move us, too.
It’s the best stand-alone film to feature the iconic character so far. And it’s animated.
In “Spider-Verse,” we meet Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a Brooklyn kid who feels out-of-place at his new private academy. He’s more interested in designing eye-popping graffiti than yawning through physics class.
